A low-dose almond-based diet decreases LDL-C while preserving HDL-C

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-51

  Tamizifar, Babak ^a,b   Rismankarzadeh, Maryam ^a   Vosoughi, Ali Akbar ^a   Rafieeyan, Mahmood ^a   Tamizifar, Banafshe ^a   Aminzade, Arastou ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Almond; Cholesterol; Clinical trials; Cross over study; Low density lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALMOND; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 17644404014     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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